Another Damascus Sgian Dubh

[ehiker]

So is the process for setting the tang into the antler to just drill a hole of the appropriate size and then epoxy it into place?

If you had a more uniform tang (and were using wood instead of antler) would you consider splitting the wood in half and routing a groove for the tang?

Can you take a close-up of where the blade meets the walrus ivory? Do you recess the blade at all into the ivory? Or does it just butt up to it?

I'm interested in giving sgian dubh making a try in the near future...

[O'Neille]

So is the process for setting the tang into the antler to just drill a hole of the appropriate size and then epoxy it into place?

If you had a more uniform tang (and were using wood instead of antler) would you consider splitting the wood in half and routing a groove for the tang?

Can you take a close-up of where the blade meets the walrus ivory? Do you recess the blade at all into the ivory? Or does it just butt up to it?

I'm interested in giving sgian dubh making a try in the near future...

In this case it's just a drilled hole and epoxy. On a wood handle I'd probably use a mechanical fastener to put some tension on it, nobody wants a wobbly blade. On my others (previous DIY threads) you can see that the tang is a large rectangular extension of the blade because they are much more robust blades. In those cases I either drill and file a rectangle receptacle or I use two pieces for the scales. It all depends on the material. On the Ivory I usually butt them together unless I have a fit problem that requires some filing work. I just start building and see where it leads me. After all it's a knife not an airplane.